St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-04

"A. d. bleInen as reporter Is nOWl-
ing success. Every man he interviews
must state his age, weight, color and
previous condition of servitude.
Capt. Babb and Capt. Shuler tore up
their subscription books Friday night
and shook hands over the Soldiers Home,
site.
A little evening paper den0unces the
police authorities becauSe-in a whisper
it worked four hours and could get
nothing of the hurry case.
Aid. GibSon-The Tribune has made
frequent attacks upon the new city hos
pital scheme, but l wonder who is the
biggest man now, the editor of the
Tribune or DR.. Gibson?
Aid. Mills-I have been to both cir
cuSeS in Minneapolis, and l must say l
would not go again.
If the policemen are not more adept at
catching ball than they have been at
catching burglars it is thought the fire
men will have walk away.
1t should be understood that the cow
girl advertised as dime museum at
traction for the ensuing week is not
girl COW.
The News refers to one of its con-
temporaries as the Evening TWaddler."
Which ''Twaddler?''
Seventy-five citizens of Excelsior have
engaged seats for Kate Castleton's ap-
pearance in "CraZy Patch" 1t is not
known whether they are attracted by
the name of the piece or because they
want to see her kick. as they are pretty
good kickers themselves.
No one regrets the rain of last week
more than Manager Conklin, of the
Grand opera house. He refused to fill
dates for the first week of the illumina-.
ton, knowing it would be impossible to
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til the novelty of the colOred lights had
worn off. The illumination has been.
given but one night on account of rain.
The effectiveness of whiskers as dis
guiSe was well Illustrated during the
last political campaign, when Ace p.
Abel ran for justice of the peace. He
took an active part in the Republican
caucus, and then shaved off his beard
and, going over to the Democratic eau
Gus, called the meeting to order.
The secret why Aid. Lawrence always
wears his Prince Albert coat buttoned,
is that some one has told him he resem-
bles the late President Garfield.
Davy johnson is TO be made the vic
tim of disclosure proceedings, and he
will probably make an important dis
cOvery shortly, i. e., he will find out
how it is himself.
Some one borrowed the life-siZed por-
trait of Mayor Ames, which hangs Ordi-
narily in the mayors Office, lust to
make copy" and the picture was re-
covered from pawnSh0p.
The answer to the conundrum going
the rounds of the chamber of commerce,
who was the first carpenter" Sill.
M. Carpenter.
Ed A. Stevens should get a royal re-
ception when he attends the meeting of
the |. o. 0. F. grand lodge. Not only is
he an odd fellow in all the term implies,
but it will be remembered what a time
he gave the Odd Fellows two years ago,
when he was mayor of Minneapolis.
1t is toabe hoped that the Journal has
kept its precious circulation out of the
wet during the last two days. 1t might
swell and burst.
The papers generally print the name
OF Mary SylveSter'S asSallant as Lew
Murray. The way he wrote it is Lou
hurry.
An eulogistic open letter from S. E.
Olsen d Co., addressed to the ''Co.'
was one of the literary curriosities in
yesterdays Tribune.
A man who was trying to sell the city
some patent sign for indicating the
names of streets at the intersections,
awhile ago adjusted one of his guide
boards to lamp post in front of the
city. The signs were evidently made
for Chicago, as they read 'sState' and
'Desplaines." The other night an in
toxicated Chicago drummer was found
by patrolman leaning against a tele-
graph pole. Shay" he hiccoughed,
State street, but whersa's Clark" 1t
was with much difficulty that he was
persuaded he was in Minneapolis and
not in Chicago,